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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#February 1968|1968]] - February 26 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:680226 - Letter to Andrea Temple written from Los Angeles|Letter to Andrea Temple written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We are mendicant and missionary and can make our dwelling place anywhere|I have been told the weather is very warm there (in the Bahamas), and the sunshine may be very beneficial to my health. Simply I require some quiet place so to continue my translating work on Srimad-Bhagavatam, and that's all. We are mendicant, and missionary, and can make our dwelling place anywhere.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:680226 - Letter to Brahmananda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Brahmananda written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I want to make 100 Murtis, probably in hard rubber, for our Temples|I want to make 100 Murtis, probably in hard rubber, for our Temples.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#February 1969|1969]] - February 26 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:690226 - Letter to Pradyumna written from Los Angeles|Letter to Pradyumna written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I know that you cannot stop kirtana or chanting but it must be done regularly because that is our strength. We are always in the whirlpool of maya, and only this chanting of Mantra can save us from all pitfalls|By no means should you stop kirtana and chanting. Of course I know that you cannot stop kirtana or chanting but it must be done regularly because that is our strength. We are always in the whirlpool of maya, and only this chanting of Mantra can save us from all pitfalls.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#February 1970|1970]] - February 26 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:700226 - Letter to Dinadayadri written from Los Angeles|Letter to Dinadayadri written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Both of you please accept my full blessings and sanction for your marriage. Work together for your mutual advancement in Krsna's service and be increasingly joyful in your Krsna Consciousness life. This is my desire|I am very happy to know that you are to be married with Sriman Nara Narayana and this is very nice. Both of you please accept my full blessings and sanction for your marriage. Work together for your mutual advancement in Krsna's service and be increasingly joyful in your Krsna Consciousness life. This is my desire. Please take continued guidance from Bhagavan das and from your good husband and from other senior devotees and learn our philosophy very nicely.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700226 - Letter to Gaurasundara written from Los Angeles|Letter to Gaurasundara written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Another thing has developed in the meantime, that we have made contract to purchase a nice church here, costing $225,000; and the down payment has to be made $50,000 within the month of March|Another thing has developed in the meantime, that we have made contract to purchase a nice church here, costing $225,000; and the down payment has to be made $50,000 within the month of March. So there is a great strain to collect this $50,000 from many sources including from my book fund. Therefore, even if I go to Hawaii, I will have to come back within a week because in my absence the transaction for purchasing the house may suffer.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1971#February 1971|1971]] - February 26 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:710226 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from Gorakhpur|Letter to Satsvarupa written from Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My only request to you all is that the two tapes, regularly sent every day must be finished being transcribed, edited, composed, layed out and printed all in one week. In this way two tapes daily must be ready for printing. Then it will be nice|Publishing Srimad-Bhagavatam chapter-wise is very nice & it should be continued & as soon as all canto chapters are finished we make it a book either in Japan or U.S.A. as suitable. But my only request to you all is that the two tapes sent every day must be finished being transcribed, edited, composed, layed out & printed all in one week. In this way two tapes daily must be ready for printing. Then it'll be nice. So far I'm concerned although I'm getting old I guarantee I'll give you two tapes daily provided you guarantee to finish printing two tapes daily. That will encourage me more & more.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So far as your being replaced as President of Boston temple, I have no objection. For better management of the whole institution, the governing body commission is responsible|So far as your being replaced as President of Boston temple, I have no objection. For better management of the whole institution, the governing body commission is responsible.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So far as my translating of the rest of Srimad-Bhagavatam is concerned, that is my next program. After returning from India I shall be seriously engaged in translating work|So far as my translating of the rest of Srimad-Bhagavatam is concerned, that is my next program. After returning from India I shall be seriously engaged in translating work.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#February 1972|1972]] - February 26 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:720226 - Lecture Bengali - Mayapur|Lecture Bengali - Mayapur]]''' | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#February 1973|1973]] - February 26 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:730226 - Lecture BG 02.12 Hindi - Jakarta|Lecture BG 02.12 Hindi - Jakarta]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730226 - Conversation A - Jakarta|Conversation 1 - Jakarta]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730226 - Conversation B - Jakarta|Conversation 2 - Jakarta]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|They are not my books, since I have simply translated; but my purports for each and every verse from the Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam do very much appeal to the people in general as well as learned circles|They are not my books. I am simply translating. They are written by Vyāsadeva, the original Vedic scholar. So there are now many secular states. Our Vedic idea of secular state is the government must be responsible of proper execution of religious system.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#February 1974|1974]] - February 26 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:740226 - Lecture BG 15.01 - Calcutta|Lecture BG 15.01 - Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|That reflection in the water, of the tree, is not real. Real tree is up. Similarly, real enjoyment, real varieties - everything is in the spiritual world. It is simply reflection. It is not fact. Therefore our enjoyment here is called maya, or illusion|On the bank of a river or the bank of a pond, the tree is standing, but the reflection, we find that the same tree has become ūrdhva-mūlam and adhah-śākham. So by this statement, Kṛṣṇa says that this is not real. That reflection in the water, of the tree, is not real. Real tree is up. Similarly, real enjoyment, real varieties—everything is in the spiritual world. It is simply reflection. It is not fact. Therefore our enjoyment here is called māyā, or illusion. So in later ślokas Kṛṣṇa has described how to get out of this māyic reflection and go to the real tree.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our Krsna consciousness movement is teaching, educating, all over the world. There is no distinction. There is no distinction. Don't think that "These Europeans, Americans, they are mlecchas and yavanas. They cannot take to Krsna consciousness"|When you become actually a devotee, yoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham (BG 9.22), there will be no scarcity. Whatever you want, it will come. It will come. So this is the position. So our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is teaching, educating, all over the world. There is no distinction. There is no distinction. Don't think that "These Europeans, Americans, they are mlecchas and yavanas. They cannot take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#February 1975|1975]] - February 26 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750226 - Lecture BG 13.03 - Miami|Lecture BG 13.03 - Miami]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/750226BG-MIAMI_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"This body I have been given by God to use it. Just like the farmer takes some land from the government and he tills over it and produces his foodstuff, grain. But he knows that 'Although I am occupier of this field, the real owner is the landlord'. Similarly, if we understand this fact, that God has given me this body to work according to my desire, but the body is not my property; it is the property of God, Kṛṣṇa—this is knowledge."|Vanisource:750226 - Lecture BG 13.03 - Miami|750226 - Lecture BG 13.03 - Miami}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Any man outside America, he cannot come here by force. He must take the permission of the American government, visa; then he can come. So how you can go to the moon planet without taking the visa? Simply by your bodily strength? That will not be allowed|Every planet is meant for every other, different kinds of living entities. How you can go there by force? Just like any man outside America, he cannot come here by force. He must take the permission of the American government, visa; then he can come. So how you can go to the moon planet without taking the visa? Simply by your bodily strength? That will not be allowed.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750226 - Letter to Jayatirtha and Ramesvara written from Miami|Letter to Jayatirtha and Ramesvara written from Miami]]''' | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#February 1976|1976]] - February 26 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760226 - Morning Walk - Mayapur|Morning Walk - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{| | {{VaniQuotebox|I do not know why our disciples are so anxious to take sannyasa, at least those who are outside. Everyone comes: "Give me sannyasa." What is the idea?| I do not know why our disciples are so anxious to take sannyasa, at least those who are outside. Everyone comes: "Give me sannyasa." What is the idea?}} | ||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|If you cannot lead others, what kind of leader? If you mislead them, then what is the use of taking leadership?|So what kind of leader? If you cannot lead others, what kind of leader? If you mislead them, if you mislead them, then what is the use of taking leadership?}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|Real disease is there is no Krsna. Therefore he'll (the devotee) be agitated, either reading or working|That means there is no Kṛṣṇa. The real disease is there is no Kṛṣṇa. Therefore he'll (the devotee) be agitated, either reading or working.}} | |||
| | :'''[[Vanisource:760226 - Lecture SB 07.09.19 - Mayapur|Lecture SB 07.09.19 - Mayapur]]''' | ||
|} | {{VaniQuotebox|It is the duty of the father and mother to train children in such a way that they will be interested in guru and Krsna. Why? By the mercy of guru and Krsna, he'll get bhakti-lata-bija. And that is real life|It is the duty of the father and mother to train children in such a way that they will be interested in guru and Kṛṣṇa. Why? By the mercy of guru and Kṛṣṇa, he'll get bhakti-lātā-bīja. And that is real life. Sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhokṣaje (SB 1.2.6). That is real religious system, which teaches the follower how to become a devotee.}} | ||
{| | {{VaniQuotebox|The temple is not a free hotel for learning how to gratify senses. No. This is not our aim and object|The temple is not a free hotel for learning how to gratify senses. No. This is not our aim and object. That is the difference. Therefore nirbandhe kṛṣṇa-sambandhe yukta-vairāgyam ucyate. The same energy is being enacted here for constructing big house, but it is nirbandhe kṛṣṇa-sambandha.}} | ||
| | :'''[[Vanisource:760226 - Letter to Bhaja Hari and Mukunda written from Mayapur|Letter to Bhaja Hari and Mukunda written from Mayapur]]''' | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|I do not know the program in Hungary, but London speaking is more important, going to the colleges and universities|I do not know the program in Hungary, but London speaking is more important, going to the colleges and universities.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760226 - Letter to Justice A.C. Sen written from Mayapur|Letter to Justice A.C. Sen written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I understand from our Life Member Sri Saral Kumar Das Gupta that you are interested in Krishna Consciousness Movement. I therefore invite you to come to Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir to stay with us and see our Krishna Conscious activities here|I understand from our Life Member Sri Saral Kumar Das Gupta that you are interested in Krishna Consciousness Movement. I therefore invite you to come to Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir to stay with us and see our Krishna Conscious activities here.}} | |||
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:'''[[Vanisource:770226 - Lecture SB 07.09.06 - Mayapur|Lecture SB 07.09.06 - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|VuC4uGvIy3Y|[[Vaniquotes:Vedic instruction is acintya khalu ye bhava na tams tarkena yo jayet: "Do not apply your poor logic in the matters which is inconceivable by you"|Do Not Apply Your Poor Logic <br/>In The Matters Which Is Inconceivable By You - 0455]]|07:17 minutes from a lecture on SB 07.09.06 in Mayapur}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Vedic instruction is acintya khalu ye bhava na tams tarkena yo jayet: "Do not apply your poor logic in the matters which is inconceivable by you"|Vedic instruction is acintyā khalu ye bhāvā na taṁś tarkeṇa yo jayet: "Do not apply your poor logic in the matters which is inconceivable by you." There is no logic that how lotus flower can grow nails. They say "mythology." Because they cannot conceive within their poor brain, they cannot accommodate how things happen like that, they say "mythology." Not mythology. It is fact. But it is inconceivable by you or us. It is not possible.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|GjX012qMSJI|[[Vaniquotes:The living entity which is moving the body, that is superior energy|The Living Entity Which Is Moving The Body, That Is Superior Energy - 0456]]|06:57 minutes from a lecture on SB 07.09.06 in Mayapur}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The living entity which is moving the body, that is superior energy|The living entity which is moving the body, that is superior energy. So they have no information, neither there is an attempt to understand that superior energy in their universities or institution. Therefore they are mūḍha, mūḍhas. They may be very much puffed up of their so-called knowledge, but according to Vedic knowledge they are mūḍhas.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|22bLcI1oCQk|[[Vaniquotes:Only scarcity is Krsna consciousness. Only scarcity. Otherwise there is no scarcity. Everything is full. And if you take the instruction of Krsna you will be happy immediately. You can make the whole world happy|Only Scarcity is Krishna Consciousness - 0457]]|06:53 minutes from a lecture on SB 07.09.06 in Mayapur}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Only scarcity is Krsna consciousness. Only scarcity. Otherwise there is no scarcity. Everything is full. And if you take the instruction of Krsna you will be happy immediately. You can make the whole world happy|My Guru Mahārāja used to say that the whole world is full of everything. Only scarcity is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Only scarcity. Otherwise there is no scarcity. Everything is full. And if you take the instruction of Kṛṣṇa you will be happy immediately. You can make the whole world happy. This instruction of Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad-gītā, so perfect. It must be perfect, because it is coming from Kṛṣṇa.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|QHSwCbYbGbk|[[Vaniquotes:Always think like that, that as soon as you are chanting Hare Krsna, you must know that you are touching Krsna with your tongue|Chanting Hare Krishna - Touching Krishna With Your Tongue - 0458]]|02:12 minutes from a lecture on SB 07.09.06 in Mayapur}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Always think like that, that as soon as you are chanting Hare Krsna, you must know that you are touching Krsna with your tongue|Stick to the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. You'll get the same benefit as Prahlāda Mahārāja got by direct touch of the lotus palm of Nṛsiṁha-deva. There is no difference. Always think like that, that as soon as you are chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, you must know that you are touching Kṛṣṇa with your tongue. Then you get the same benefit as Prahlāda Mahārāja.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770226 - Conversation - Mayapur|Conversation - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Vedic knowledge means whatever is beyond the capacity of your senses, that you have to hear from the right source. Tad-vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet (MU 1.2.12). And that is the teaching in the Bhagavad-gita|Vedic knowledge means whatever is beyond the capacity of your senses, that you have to hear from the right source. Tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet (MU 1.2.12). And that is the teaching in the Bhagavad-gītā. When the things became so complicated, Arjuna submitted to Kṛṣṇa, śiṣyas te 'haṁ śādhi māṁ prapannam (BG 2.7). And then He taught him Bhagavad-gītā.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770226 - Interview - Mayapur|Interview - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Many gurus and svamis have come to the West, but they have not established not one temple. And Prabhupada has established one hundred|<b>Brahmānanda:</b> Many gurus and svāmīs have come to the West, but they have not established not one temple. And Prabhupāda has established one hundred.<br><b>Prabhupāda:</b> Neither so many devotees.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770226 - Letter to Aksayananda written from Mayapur|Letter to Aksayananda written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So far my coming to Vrindaban, if I don't go to Manipur then I shall certainly come|So far my coming to Vrindaban, if I don't go to Manipur then I shall certainly come.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770226 - Letter to Jayananda written from Mayapur|Letter to Jayananda written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We should not be very much bothered about the body. Trees also live for thousands of years but that does not mean a successful life|This body is today or tomorrow finished. We should not be very much bothered about the body. Trees also live for thousands of years but that does not mean a successful life. A successful life is one of Krishna consciousness.}} | |||
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| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "This body I have been given by God to use it. Just like the farmer takes some land from the government and he tills over it and produces his foodstuff, grain. But he knows that 'Although I am occupier of this field, the real owner is the landlord'. Similarly, if we understand this fact, that God has given me this body to work according to my desire, but the body is not my property; it is the property of God, Kṛṣṇa—this is knowledge." |
| 750226 - Lecture BG 13.03 - Miami |
1976 - February 26
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I do not know the program in Hungary, but London speaking is more important, going to the colleges and universities. |
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